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Somatic vs Parasympathetic - What's the difference?

somatic | parasympathetic |

As adjectives the difference between somatic and parasympathetic

is that somatic is part of, or relating to the body of an organism while parasympathetic is of or relating to the part of the autonomic nervous system that inhibits or opposes the effects of the sympathetic nervous system.

somatic

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Part of, or relating to the body of an organism.
  • Of or relating to the wall of the body; somatopleuric; parietal.
    • the somatic stalk of the yolk sac of an embryo

    Related terms

    * psychosomatic * chromosome * somatology * somatoplasm

    parasympathetic

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or relating to the part of the autonomic nervous system that inhibits or opposes the effects of the sympathetic nervous system.

    • Derived terms

    *parasympathetic nervous system

    See also

    *orthosympathetic